Agreed, but Pinker goes deeply into many various topics. For example: * the Flynn Effect * various points of human psychology (victim vs perpetrator bias) *

Agreed, but Pinker goes deeply into many various topics. For example: * the Flynn Effect * various points of human psychology (victim vs perpetrator bias) * the crime spike in the 90's and its causes * a critique of Freakonomics' hypothesis that abortion caused the decline of the 90's crime wave * Sections on bullying, animal rights, gay rights, women's rights, etc. * The various types of wars and their individual proximate causes for decline. * An interesting section on self-control, how it works and how its lack contributes to crime. Even fascinating pragmatic information on how one's own self-control can be improved.